Category: Fighting Games

New collections of UDON comic action are on the way.

If you enjoy UDON’s Street Fighter-based comics, but would prefer a lower-cost collection to their lavish hardcover compilations, UDON is planning on rolling out trade paperback releases of their various Street Fighter comic series — starting in December 2017 and January 2018:

Any one who's always wanted Street Fighter comics in standard TPB size collections – coming next month! New covers by @Pnzrk ! pic.twitter.com/sH6cjEK0Y0

— Matt Moylan (@LilFormers) November 24, 2017

Expect to see collected books of Super Street Fighter, Street Fighter Unlimited, Street Fighter vs. Darkstalkers, and likely more to follow. Keep an eye on Amazon, Focus Attack, and comic shops near you to grab your own books once they become available.

Source: Matt Moylan (Twitter) via UDON (Twitter)

Yesterday, NetherRealm Studios released the December update for Injustice 2. With the game recently undergoing heavy rebalancing in the November update earlier this month, Patch 1.13 was more focused on providing gameplay fixes, overall stability improvements, opening more new Legendary Multiverses and adding the character data for The Atom — the first member of the upcoming Fighter Pack 3 — who will be released on December 12th for those with Early Access (obtained by purchasing Fighter Pack 3 or owning the Ultimate Edition).

While most of the bug fixes were made to Gear Abilities, Brainiac and Black Canary have seen some minor balance adjustments due to these specific alterations. For the Collector of Worlds, his Cybernetic Charge will no longer always keep foes on the same side, which was preventing the move from being jumped over or slid under. This will effectively reduce his damage off of his divekicks, by making once-optimal damage combos no longer possible, as well as preventing him from being able to keep his opponents in a specific position to perfom extremely damaging Background Bounce loops on select stages.

Black Canary’s enemies will now always be in a grounded state after being hit by a MeterBurn Canary Drop, even when they are not facing Dinah’s body. This should remove a likely unintentional OTG setup that she had access to.

The Reward System for the AI Battle Simulator has also seen some adjustments for both Attacking and Defending players, as winning against a team who has the same or higher level then you now rewards you with a Platinum Mother Box, while losing the fight now nets you a Gold, with the other level tier’s rewards in terms of Mother Box rarity have been tweaked accordingly.

Additionally, Brother Eye has now located a series of four new Legendary Multiverse Portal’s for the leader of The Society, Gorilla Grodd, Green Lantern, the tyrannical Superman and the Clown Prince of Crime, The Joker, so fans of those heroes and villains can now begin the extremely long grind towards some Legendary Gear. You can view the full notes for yourself below:

DECEMBER UPDATE

General Gameplay fixes

• General stability and Online stability improvements

1. Move list corrections and improvements to AI logic
2. Legendary Multiverse Portals are now available for Gorilla Grodd, Green Lantern, Joker, & Superman

• Stage Specific Fixes

1. Atlantis – Fixed a bug where someone slamming a statue while the other player jumped off it with specific timing could cause it to be able to slammed again after being destroyed
2. Batcave – Fixed bug where the camera could lose focus on the characters after remaining idle for an extended period of time

• The Reward System for the AI Battle Simulator has been adjusted for the attacking team to:
  • Winning against a team which has a total level that is the same or higher rewards a Platinum Mother Box
  • Losing against a team which has a total level that is the same or higher rewards a Gold Mother Box
  • Winning against a team which has a lower total level rewards a Silver Mother Box
  • Losing against a team which has a lower total level rewards a Bronze Mother Box
• The Reward System for the AI Battle Simulator has been adjusted for the defending team to:
  • Winning against a team of the same level rewards a Platinum Mother Box
  • Losing against a team of the same level rewards a Gold Mother Box
  • Winning against a team which has a different level than yours rewards a Silver Mother Box
  • Losing against a team which has a different level than yours rewards a Bronze Mother Box

Character-Specific Fixes

• Atrocitus – Hate Pounce now correctly gets the damage increase granted by Legendary augment “Feline Fury”
• Black Canary – Fixed a bug where the opponent would not be grounded after hitting a Canary Drop MeterBurn when the opponent was not facing her
• Blue Beetle – Fixed issue with several Gear Abilities not being active when equipped in conjunction with his Legendary Accessory “The Reach’s Finest Battle Scarab”
• Brainiac – Fixed a bug where Cybernetic Charge was always keeping opponents on the same side, which could prevent it from being able to be jumped over or slide under
• Captain Cold – adjusted the input window of Character Power special attacks and they require a more precise input
• Captain Cold – Big Freeze MeterBurn will no longer linger it’s visual FX after hitting Hellboy while he has Broom’s Rosary active
• Captain Cold – Fixed a bug with Len’s Thermal Motion Negating Gun Legendary item that would cause meter to drain faster than normal if the character power button was repeatedly pressed
• Captain Cold – Fixed a bug that could prevent Captain Cold from reaching level 3 charge multiple times in a row when Len’s Thermal Motion Negating Gun Legendary item is equipped
• Cyborg – Round win animations now use the Dark Matter effects if his Legendary is equipped
• Cyborg – Practice mode option Character Power Quick Cooldown now works correctly even if the Mother Box attack misses
• Firestorm – Fixed sound effect not stopping when Firestorm dash cancels Heat Wave (Away + Hard)
• Green Arrow – Fixed a rare bug which could cause one of the arrows in Sky Alert MeterBurn to visually be missing when done twice in rapid succession
• Green Lantern – “Street Sweeper” Gear Augment now has audio on the last volley of bullets
• Hellboy – Fixed several attacks causing incorrect reactions when hitting Hellboy while he has Broom’s Rosary active
• Hellboy – Fixed issues where opponent’s parries could sometimes cause an incorrect animation to play on Hellboy while he has Broom’s Rosary active
• Hellboy – Visual effects from Broom’s Rosary will no longer sometimes linger after practice reset
• Hellboy – Vasilisa’s Gift MeterBurn Gear Ability will no longer sometimes cause an opponent to move to an incorrect location when hitting them out of a dash
• Hellboy – “Holy Hand Grenade” Gear Augment will no longer leave a lingering FX when a transition occurs
• Hellboy – “Lucky Horseshoe” Gear Augment now can only activate after hitting an opponent with a 7 or more hit combo, as the text description says
• Hellboy – “Lucky Horseshoe” Gear Augment no longer activates in practice mode
• Poison Ivy – “Acidic Bile” Gear Augment now applies to Burrow
• Sub-Zero – Fixed as issue where an opponent’s weapon could switch hands at an unexpected time when hit by Ground Freeze MeterBurn gear ability
• Superman – Fixed an issue with opponent’s head tracking being temporarily incorrect after being hit by Air Heat Vision

Source: WB Games Community via Test Your Might

ARMS has just received a new, incremental update to version 4.1. Now, while these incremental updates tend to just adjust the balance and fix bugs, this one adds something more — a new fighter.

As part of its version 4.1 update, ARMS players can now play as the secret boss character Springtron. The character acts as a sort of alternate version of Spring Man. In fact, Springtron shares ARMS unlocks with Spring Man as well.

In addition to Springtron, the update also adds Chinese language support, and fixes a few bugs. It also makes a few balance adjustments to the rest of the cast. You can check all of these out below.

Source: Nintendo

Sometimes the clothes really do make the man, the Mega Man, or should I say, the Proto Man?

Capcom Unity announced twelve new costumes for Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite, set to release on December 5 alongside the next batch of DLC characters and a huge balance update.

The Cosmic Crusaders pack features costumes for Rocket Raccoon (Rocket Space Suit Costume), Gamora (Gamora Classic Costume, Nova (Nova Prime Costume), X (Special X Costume), Zero (Special Zero Costume), and Strider (Strider Hien Costume).

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The Stone Seekers set includes new costumes for Ultron (Ultron Conquest Costume), Thanos (Thanos Annihilation Costume), Spider-Man (Superior Spider-Man Costume), Frank West (Proto Man Costume), Haggar (Metro City Mayor Costume), and Jedah (Makai Messiah Costume).

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Each costume pack is priced at $11.99 with the individual costumes available for $3.99. All of these costumes and the eighteen previously released costumes are all included in the Premium Costume Pass for $29.99.

The costumes released so far for Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite have been pretty impressive. It is great to see the redesigned X and Zero make their gameplay debut; Jedah’s new costume is particularly classy as well. The release of the Stone Seekers pack ensures the Superior Spider-Man costume is no longer tied to the digital purchase of Spider-Man: Homecoming. Hopefully, this means that one day Xbox and PC owners could eventually obtain the Major Carol Danvers costume for Captain Marvel, which is currently a PlayStation 4 exclusive, but that might take a little more than hope.

If you want to see all the recently announced costumes in action, check out the trailers below!

Source: Capcom Unity

Ahead of its big unveiling next Monday, the latest issue of Weekly Shonen Jump has revealed that yes, we are indeed getting a My Hero Academia game called My Hero Academia: One’s Justice. Based on the limited screenshots in this initial reveal, the game looks to be similar to the Ultimate Ninja Storm series, with players controlling characters within a 3D arena.

So far, series protagonist Izuku Midoriya and series antagonist Tomura Shigaraki are confirmed as playable, with the article showing the two battling it out. There are also hints of two of Midoriya’s supers, with one image showing him with One for All Full Cowl activated, while the other looks like the aftermath of him firing a Delaware Smash. Based on these factors and that the promotional artwork shows the villain All for One, One’s Justice covers up to the start of the School Trip arc at the very least.

Expect footage of My Hero Academia: One’s Justice on Monday, with more to come out of Jump Festa on December 16th. You can check out the Shonen Jump scans, courtesy of ShonenGamez and YonkouProductions.

Sources: Shonen Jump via ShonenGamez; Yonkou Productions

Good news for all you True Believers out there. With the final three members of the 2017 Character Pass — the Marvel trio of Black Widow, Winter Soldier, and Venom — set to hit our consoles next Tuesday, December 5th (alongside the massive “Dante Must Die” balance patch) the official Marvel vs. Capcom Twitter account has announced that the three new challengers will be getting showcased on the Capcom-Unity stream today: Thursday, November 30th, at 3:00 PM PT (5:00 PM Central, 6:00 PM Eastern). Viewers will be able to tune in at twitch.tv/capcomunity.

With Black Widow packing some tricky evasive maneuvers and a variety of technological attacks — including a sticky bomb and nerve gas fired from her wrist gauntlets — the Winter Soldier carrying plenty of artillery, and Venom bringing back all of his classic shape-shifting symbiote goodness — complimented with new tricks, such as his six-way Venom Glide — it will definitely be interesting to get a closer look at how these fighters will stack up to the competition. You can see the announcement tweet below:

Get a detailed look at Venom, Black Widow, and Winter Soldier in #MVCI during our live stream on 11/30 at 3pm PT! https://t.co/8KKo2xyNkX pic.twitter.com/feLrFeiyvZ

— MVC: Infinite (@marvelvscapcom) November 29, 2017

Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite is available now on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC. Each of the six DLC characters can be bought individually for $7.99 (which includes their Wave 1 Premium Costumes) or can all be purchased at once with the 2017 Character Pass, which will set you back $29.99. In the meantime, you can check out Peck’s detailed analysis of what this Marvelous trio could bring to the table — based off their reveal trailer — here.

Source: Marvel vs. Capcom (Twitter)

Twitch, the leading video game broadcaster in the world — and probably your number one spot for watching fighting game streams — has been in a weird spot lately. At least according to Glassdoor, a site where employees of the company can anonymously rate it and say what they think of management. Recently, the page has been rife with negative reviews, usually about a lack of direction. The overall rating has gone down from about 4.5 stars during mid-2016 to a current 2.8.

A reddit user compiled most of the posts; many of the Glassdoor reviews praise work perks such as unlimited paid time-off, free food, etc., but also state things like “Leadership is a mess,&#8221$$ “Terrible senior management is what will kill this company,&#8221$$ “Abandon Hope All Ye Who Enter Here,” describing lack of opportunities for growth. One review talks about the effects of the company’s acquisition by Amazon:

Half the company reports to CEO and the other half the company to the honorary CEO from Amazon. Halves pretend to work together but run more as silos than what not. Amazon is taking charge and shows as top level management scrambling to meet goals or numbers. “Top” priorities change all the time, people now get screamed at because of bugs, post mortem left and right.

Curiously enough, one review claims that Human Resource employees of the company are writing five-star reviews to “keep the Glassdoor rating afloat,” but that claim isn’t substantiated.

While negative Glassdoor reviews should be taken with a grain of salt (just like Yelp restaurant reviews, remember that people are much more likely to write about negative experiences than positive ones), they do suggest an overall trend in the company’s “growth pains,” and it’s reasonable to guess that Twitch gained some corporate baggage since the Amazon buyout in 2014.

Is Twitch doing as badly as the Glassdoor reviews suggest, though? Analysis from the Motley Fool, a multimedia financial services company, says otherwise. A recent article from the site pits Twitch as a leader in the streaming market, dominating both video game watching as well as services like Netlfix and HBO. Latest reports show Twitch’s 737,000 concurrent viewers is still more than double of YouTube Gaming. The number of active streamers on Twitch grew by 54% in Q2 of 2017, and a smaller gain of 16% in Q3 of this year.

Source: reddit; Glassdoor; Motley Fool